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Andrew J Murray1, Jonas-Frederic Sauer, Gernot Riedel, Christina McClure, Laura Ansel, Lesley Cheyne, Marlene Bartos, William Wisden, Peer Wulff.
Abstract
Parvalbumin-positive GABAergic interneurons in cortical circuits are hypothesized to control cognitive function. To test this idea directly, we functionally removed parvalbumin-positive interneurons selectively from hippocampal CA1 in mice. We found that parvalbumin-positive interneurons are dispensable for spatial reference, but are essential for spatial working memory.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21278730 PMCID: PMC3064406 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2751
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884